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Good evening - TMobile MDA Compact questions

Evening people, hope uve got a bit of info for me
Im getting my MDA Compact tomorrow on TMobile network. Ive already got an O2 contract which I am going to keep on using and the TMobile sim will not be used.
a) Whats the best/cheapest way to get the phone unlocked so I can use my O2 simcard?
b) How do I flash my phone with the latest IMate Jam ROM, Ive read some posts, but it seems a bitawkward to do and I dont want to end up with a broken phone after only a few hours
Or do I just stick with the ROM that is on there, but when I boot the phone, I reset it straight after touching the screen to continue on setup?
Any info very very much appreciated!!!
:wink:

Before you do anything, make sure you make a backup of your MDA as it is. Follow the instructions elsewhere using the d2s procedure to make a backup of your ROM to an SD card, 256MB cards are best and once you have made the backup, use the ntrw tool to copy it to your PC.
You will beed this should you ever return your MDA under warranty !

First Rom Upgrade

hi guyz
am going to upgrade my XDA-Exec (Universal) G4 for the first time. its currently running WM5 from O2 but i am going to use it with another Service Provider.
now want to make sure of couple of things.
first... is there any HardSPL type of programe for Universal so that atleast i dont endup bricking the phone ?
second what exactly does the CID/EROM locks are for or SIM lock. I can use my other companies SIM in this phone so do i still need to do it ?
third how safe is the ROM updating without anything like HardSPL....?
reason why iam asking this is because its my friends phone and dont wanna brick it and second i have upgraded my HERM but have not done a Universal WM5 to 6 or 6.1 upgrade

Welcome.
No Their Is No HardSPL For Universal.
IMHO CID Unlocking Should Be Done As Various Bootloader Commands For Recovering The Device Will Only Work On A CID Unlocked Device. (I Think!)
Rom Upgrading Is Relatively Safe. Jus Make Sure The Battery Is Fully Charged.
Read The WIKI For More Information.
I Hope All Goes Smoothly For You.
P.S I Highly Reccomend Tomal's 8.0 Rom!
Regards,
OllieD

aaaa what is IMHO CID ? and how do i unlock it ?

Tis In The Wiki...
This Link Should Help You Out...
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Uni_Simlock_by_Buzz_and_team
This Tool Is For Sim Unlocking The Device But Also Makes The Device SUPERCID (SUPERCID Unlocks All Bootloader Commands)
Regards,
OllieD

STUCKK .... Yikeeesss
guyz ..
i got the ROM updated last night and was using when i finally thought of using another ROM... while upgrading the other rom it just gave and error message on the PC and the phone was on the page where it ask you to press 0 for default ... so i did that and the phone restarted but now its stuck on the Splash Screen (the O2 operator starting screen) ...
if i connect the phone to the PC it will not recognize the phone as its totally stuck on the Splash screen ... if i try to goto the bootloader screen it gives me the same message of either Pressing X or 0 ... also the USB is not recognizing it ..
what to do .????

SDA app unlock dosent work - and no signal help plz :)

ok i recentley whent into trouble with my spv e650 (cant get a signal) and now i cant appunlock this phone ..whats going on?! iv updated to the new orange rom ...i run sda unlock and it first says phone not unlockable and then after i click ok it says sda unlocked - but i done this 10 times alredy and still my phone is app locked. about the network issue, iv been down to my local orange shop and thay said its not a prblem with the arial its a swproblem ...so i want to flash a orange uk radio rom( i seen it on these forums somewhere) - but i need the app unlock to work ;( please can someone help me, as i need this phone for importaint phone calls
thanks alot

Hypola said:
ok i recentley whent into trouble with my spv e650 (cant get a signal) and now i cant appunlock this phone ..whats going on?! iv updated to the new orange rom ...i run sda unlock and it first says phone not unlockable and then after i click ok it says sda unlocked - but i done this 10 times alredy and still my phone is app locked. about the network issue, iv been down to my local orange shop and thay said its not a prblem with the arial its a swproblem ...so i want to flash a orange uk radio rom( i seen it on these forums somewhere) - but i need the app unlock to work ;( please can someone help me, as i need this phone for importaint phone calls
thanks alot
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have alook on Modaco.com
there are a couple of ways I know of application unlocking an orange e650 - there is an official french orange site where you give them your IMEI number and they send you an unlock program. Alternatively you just need to just Pauls unbranding tools - which unbrand the orangeness and then the sda unlock works.
I have attached the two unbranding tools here - upload them to your phone an run the prep one first and then the other.
For full instructions look at Modaco.

Thanks for the reply, i have flashed back to gonzo's 6.1 rom and i have flashed the new orange radio rom, buts still cant get any network covrage, any ideas on this and reg fixes? i know its not an atenna fault because i tryed another orange sim in it and it was on full signal and then 5 mins later its went back down to no signal, i need some help on this issue, i have looked around this forum buti cant find anyone that has/had the same problem.

anyone care to help me?

try a hard reset

Try a different radio. Get them here.

Thanks for the replys, iv done a hard reset and flahed the rom to gonzo's and back to the new orange(uk) rom and to the neo rom, flashed the radio from the old orange(uk) radio rom to the new and back.. still no affect ..does it matter which radio rom do i use? i mean could a diffrent one say from htc work? or can i only use the orange(uk) radio roms?
[EDIT1] Ok i have tryed flashing all 4 radio roms and still no affect

ok tryed all radio roms, reflahed 6 updates (incl dr.gonzo's and the neo rom i like them both ... me want dual boot htc phones....) anyhwho. any tips i have taken my vox/spv apart and there looks like no fault ..like a lose connetion or something, and everything was fine (sucks putting the thing back together with only a phillips screwdriver and a blunt knife - the keybord screen brown ribbon ...ugh never again xD) right thay wher nice storys any tips cause this phone is relly scewing me over ...... real head spinner
oh one idea, would unlocking and changeing the network help? it shouldent change it so ...but woth the ask

bump, need more help

You might wanna flash back the original ROM and use the warranty!

um the thing about that ..is it was a phone of a friends ..that i brought off him for £80 ..so no warrenty ...

Revive bricked Artemis on bootloader mode

Hello to all:
Only after try searching in forum and google i decided to wirte in this fantastic forum. Sorry for my poor english....
I have a ebay-purchased Artemis (P3300) and, using Opera mobile it freeze and I swithched off. It never change Windows Mobile more....
It only reachs the bootloader mode and if I try to charge another ROM but I can't because it give an ID error. The device is not CID unlocked....
I try to unlock it:
- Kaiser unlocker: not posible, requires ActiveSync
- SuperCID: the same above
- Blackstone Cid unlocker: Is my solution....but doesn't work!!
Changing the Vista-driver and in Xp I get the same promp:
Device no response (or similar)
I can use RUU with mtty without problem.
The posibles solutions the I can understand throught this forum are:
- Technical Service: No posible, the ebay-vendor removed the IMEI - without IMEI they don't repare without a legal IMEI (and in garantee...)
- Hard Reset: doesn't work, the device format his internal device, start windows installation and it freeze completely.
- CID unlock: Only posible in bootloader mode and in doesn't work with blackStone
- Original ROM: If i could find the original ROM, the device will complete the actualization and (with lots of luck...) restart the device OK
There is another solution?? a tecnical service without IMEI requirement??
Thank you very much, I'm waiting hopefully answer....
thanks!!

hewelpakar said:
Hello to all:
Only after try searching in forum and google i decided to wirte in this fantastic forum. Sorry for my poor english....
I have a ebay-purchased Artemis (P3300) and, using Opera mobile it freeze and I swithched off. It never change Windows Mobile more....
It only reachs the bootloader mode and if I try to charge another ROM but I can't because it give an ID error. The device is not CID unlocked....
I try to unlock it:
- Kaiser unlocker: not posible, requires ActiveSync
- SuperCID: the same above
- Blackstone Cid unlocker: Is my solution....but doesn't work!!
Changing the Vista-driver and in Xp I get the same promp:
Device no response (or similar)
I can use RUU with mtty without problem.
The posibles solutions the I can understand throught this forum are:
- Technical Service: No posible, the ebay-vendor removed the IMEI - without IMEI they don't repare without a legal IMEI (and in garantee...)
- Hard Reset: doesn't work, the device format his internal device, start windows installation and it freeze completely.
- CID unlock: Only posible in bootloader mode and in doesn't work with blackStone
- Original ROM: If i could find the original ROM, the device will complete the actualization and (with lots of luck...) restart the device OK
There is another solution?? a tecnical service without IMEI requirement??
Thank you very much, I'm waiting hopefully answer....
thanks!!
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Hi,
Without IMEI your device is useless. Send it back to the vendor.
Dirk

I know....
I know but without IMEI is not useful, but I purchased it three months ago and now i can't ask anything to the vendor....
Then, do you think that it is a hardware problem or a software prolem??
Thank a lot!

hewelpakar said:
I know but without IMEI is not useful, but I purchased it three months ago and now i can't ask anything to the vendor....
Then, do you think that it is a hardware problem or a software prolem??
Thank a lot!
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It's both... the SW needs the IMEI (hardcoded in the HW) to check if the device is accessible. IMEI is like an ID-card for humans... without ID you don't exist, just like a phone without IMEI doesn't exist.
Will look nice as paperweight though
Dirk

No IMEI stick
The device has an IMEI and was functionally for two months without any problems... but the IMEI stick is not attached into the battery hole.
Then, in real the device has an IMEI and can work as a telephone, but I have no way to know it....
His use as paperweight is the last choice...i hope!!, In this case....it will be an very beautiful one....
Then, If i could restore the ROM on the device, maybe it would work properly...
Any idea to restore it??
thank a lot!!

hewelpakar said:
The device has an IMEI and was functionally for two months without any problems... but the IMEI stick is not attached into the battery hole.
Then, in real the device has an IMEI and can work as a telephone, but I have no way to know it....
His use as paperweight is the last choice...i hope!!, In this case....it will be an very beautiful one....
Then, If i could restore the ROM on the device, maybe it would work properly...
Any idea to restore it??
thank a lot!!
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Did you look around in the Artemis fora ?
Dirk

Need help with ROM - half bricked S710

Situation is like this, I was using newest 6.5 version but wanted go down to older, upgrade failed with message that file is corrupt.
Now when I turn on phone I see only HTC logo.
Hard reset does not work because as soon as I unpress softkeys logo appears.
I can enter bootloader and start upload but always 3% progress and not more.
upload from SD card does not work
bootloader (color bars) shows
ONBL 1.35.0000
SPL 1.35.0000
CPLD - 04
Code:
Cmd>getdevinfo
Device Model ID = V O X 0 1 0 1 0 0 HTCSVOX010100»S4HTCE
Cmd>
item is SPV E650 from Orange UK
I tried almost all ROMs from FTP but no luck, wrong VENDER ID
however this one
RUU_Vox_HTC_WWE_1.15.405.2_4.1.13.37_02.83.90_Test.exe
gave me INVALID MODEL ID
if you can cook something then please do !

jazzzy said:
Situation is like this, I was using newest 6.5 version but wanted go down to older, upgrade failed with message that file is corrupt.
Now when I turn on phone I see only HTC logo.
Hard reset does not work because as soon as I unpress softkeys logo appears.
I can enter bootloader and start upload but always 3% progress and not more.
upload from SD card does not work
bootloader (color bars) shows
ONBL 1.35.0000
SPL 1.35.0000
CPLD - 04
Code:
Cmd>getdevinfo
Device Model ID = V O X 0 1 0 1 0 0 HTCSVOX010100»S4HTCE
Cmd>
item is SPV E650 from Orange UK
I tried almost all ROMs from FTP but no luck, wrong VENDER ID
however this one
RUU_Vox_HTC_WWE_1.15.405.2_4.1.13.37_02.83.90_Test.exe
gave me INVALID MODEL ID
if you can cook something then please do !
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you need to flash orange uk rom(as it has your vendor id!) and after you've to do a hardspl! thas all

hashtowent said:
you need to flash orange uk rom(as it has your vendor id!) and after you've to do a hardspl! thas all
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there is no such ROM on XDA FTP however I found a working one that made my device back to life
if you need Orange UK ROM here it is
http://skocz.pl/orangerom
EOT

First choice for branded devices is the original ROM, so you are lucky to get it and it should work. The Vodafone V1415 is device where no official ROMs are available and there you have to use the "Gold Card" method (search for this in the Forum and Wiki). This will put a special key in the boot sector of a (non SDHC) card (devicetype and card-serial dependent) which allows you to load ANY ROM from the bootloader.

jazzzy said:
Now when I turn on phone I see only HTC logo.
Hard reset does not work because as soon as I unpress softkeys logo appears.
I can enter bootloader and start upload but always 3% progress and not more.
upload from SD card does not work
bootloader (color bars) shows
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if u get it to work then tell me how u did that... i really want to know!!!
i got fed up when that happened to me.
when the htc logo continues, it means u phone is hanged. and even the time clock of the cpu stops. after 5-10 minutes u can also see the htc logo flickering a bit!!!
if u have the same problem then u will have to give your phone to the service center.

SAHILISTHEBEST said:
if u get it to work then tell me how u did that... i really want to know!!!
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simple
you load bootloader (via camera button method)
next you start flasher from your PC and upload ROM
trick is to find the right ROM because when your phone is locked you can use only dedicated one which is compatible with your operator
otherwise there is a magic described above
once again EOT

jazzzy said:
simple
you load bootloader (via camera button method)
next you start flasher from your PC and upload ROM
trick is to find the right ROM because when your phone is locked you can use only dedicated one which is compatible with your operator
otherwise there is a magic described above
once again EOT
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i tried the method u stated. i always prefer this one over any other. but it did'nt work for me. now its the headache of service centre guys since it is still in warranty!!!

Did you lookup the Gold Card method? This WILL work - as this is exactly what the service will do. I am sure this is not a warranty case, but you maybe lucky.

tobbbie said:
Did you lookup the Gold Card method? This WILL work - as this is exactly what the service will do. I am sure this is not a warranty case, but you maybe lucky.
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yeah, i too think was not a warranty case but i gave a try and yes, i got lucky since this was the 6th time i gave my phone for a warranty claim.

OK, tired of trying new ROMs now? To be in the safe side you need to understand how things work:
1.) SIM-Lock (your phone is locked to a network/SIM Card) will stay even after ROM change. There are services to Unlock your phone and allow any SIM card. This has nothing to do with "Application Unlock".
2.) Application Un-Lock is the method to allow any program to run on your device. This is achieved by changing security settings in the registry of the WM operating system. Only privileged applications may do this - mostly "SDA Application Unlock" can do the job.
3.) Some devices are "branded" and the device carries a "Vendor ID" so that only ROMs can be put on the device where the ROM "Vendor ID" matches that of the device. Examples are: Orange E650, Vodafone VDA-V or V1415. This has nothing to do with SIM-Lock, even though many branded devices are SIM-locked as well (not VDA-V which I have one). The check for the Vendor-ID can be skipped either using a universal loader "USPL" (which is usually part of the cooked ROM distributions and called from a batchfile) or the "GoldCard method" which is your last resort and will ALWAYS work.
BTW: GoldCard is the slang for a special prepared microSD or miniSD card, not a SIM card! And it is NOT the process of loading a ROM from these cards - which is an alternate method of loading a ROM, e.g. if the Windows/USB is not an option.

tobbbie said:
GoldCard is the slang for a special prepared microSD or miniSD card, not a SIM card! And it is NOT the process of loading a ROM from these cards - which is an alternate method of loading a ROM, e.g. if the Windows/USB is not an option.
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does gold card method works with 4gb micro sdhc?

No it will not work with a SDHC card. The device in boot-loader moder seems not to be able to access the SDHC card. A normal (up to 2GB) card will work however - any size will do it as only the bootsector will get some bytes written to. The card remains usable - you can even take a card with data on it - writing the data to it to make it a "GoldCard" will not harm the data stored on it.
Mind that the key written is specific for a certain device-type, e.g. the Vox. It will work in any Vox then, however.